Downtown Area Nutritionist

[SeeGeeWhy]

Hey everyone,

I am looking to visit a nutritionist to get my diet balanced and on track. I live in the downtown area, and am looking for a recommendation.

Thanks!

[Foxy]

There is a dietitian located in the Downtown Sports Medicine Clinic on the third floor of TD Square. Technically it is in the Lancaster Building. It's right across from The Gap and the store that sells all those masks and ornamental things from India and Indonesia, etc. I haven't been to see her, but I know there is one that works out of there.

A dietitian that I have gone to, but is slightly out of the downtown area is Andrea Holwegner. She is located right on 9th Ave in Inglewood, and she is very, very good. She is with Health Stand Nutrition Consulting Inc. You can check out her website at healthstandnutrition.com if you're interested. I found her to be excellent.

Hope that helps.

[OilersBaby]

If you need online help or have a quick question prior to visiting the Dietitian, PM me......i am halfway done my MSc in Nutritional Science (concentration in Dietetics). Taking a break for a semester and going back in the fall....

[worth]

I'm curious as to why people need or feel they need nutritionists and doctors and all this stuff to eat healthy.

I mean, it's not really that hard. It's easy to tell what is good and what is bad. Eat good things and exercise.

I suppose people wanting more in depth and specific diets and athletes would use nutritionists. Seems like kind of a waste of money to me for a doctor to tell me what to eat and to exercise. Maybe thats just me.

[RedHot25]

Originally Posted by worth

I mean, it's not really that hard. It's easy to tell what is good and what is bad. Eat good things and exercise.

I don't think its that simple though; a lot of people don't necessarily know what is good or bad, how much to have or not have, when to have it or not, etc.

[worth]

Yeah I suppose thats true if someone is wanting to lose weight. Probably be tough to lose weight without a specific diet, but for someone looking to just live healthier, I don't see it to be that difficult.

[Gobsgraham]

Save yourself a lot of money and buy this book. She is a nutritionist and explains everything you need to know. If you are a high end athlete, this won't be what you are looking for, but if you are just looking to understand more and eat healthier than it will be great. Ignore the diet part and just take in the knowledge. She has lots of other good books that may be better suited to your needs.

No Fail Diet
Leslie Beck

http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/books/...fail+diet'

[RedHot25]

Originally Posted by worth

Yeah I suppose thats true if someone is wanting to lose weight. Probably be tough to lose weight without a specific diet, but for someone looking to just live healthier, I don't see it to be that difficult.

Even to "live healthier"....things easy to you may not be easy to others, that's all...

[OilersBaby]

Originally Posted by worth

I'm curious as to why people need or feel they need nutritionists and doctors and all this stuff to eat healthy.

I mean, it's not really that hard. It's easy to tell what is good and what is bad. Eat good things and exercise.

I suppose people wanting more in depth and specific diets and athletes would use nutritionists. Seems like kind of a waste of money to me for a doctor to tell me what to eat and to exercise. Maybe thats just me.

Well, I think it's hard for people because it can be decieving as to what "healthy" is. Junk food isn't just sugar and soda/pop...and your diet plan depends on what your goal is - if you're trying to gain muscle, lose weight, as well as what your health conditions are - diabetes, high cholesterol, elevated lipids, etc etc etc. What's good for one may not work for another, even if it seems healthy.

[RedHot25]

Originally Posted by OilersBaby

Well, I think it's hard for people because it can be decieving as to what "healthy" is. Junk food isn't just sugar and soda/pop...and your diet plan depends on what your goal is - if you're trying to gain muscle, lose weight, as well as what your health conditions are - diabetes, high cholesterol, elevated lipids, etc etc etc. What's good for one may not work for another, even if it seems healthy.

Ha! That's much better at what I was attempting to say!

[OilersBaby]

Originally Posted by RedHot25

Ha! That's much better at what I was attempting to say!

Well I'm glad someone agrees.

I should add that your age/gender/lifestyle (sedentary/active/average) matter as well in terms of what you should be eating. For example, my brother Oilfan#81 is an active soccer player, 23 years old, about 6'0" and 170 lbs (im guessin on the weight) and has amazing metabolism, what he eats is not going to be healthy for me...I'm 28, 5'8", 120 lbs and although I work out, not as active as him. I'm female, so my body metabolizes fats slower, and his caloric intake is much larger. He can eat a few extra sugar/carb calories and get away with it....I can't. People's metabolic rate also has to be considered. So it's important to go to a dietitian/doctor to discuss your nutrition requirements.

[SeeGeeWhy]

Originally Posted by worth

I'm curious as to why people need or feel they need nutritionists and doctors and all this stuff to eat healthy.

I mean, it's not really that hard. It's easy to tell what is good and what is bad. Eat good things and exercise.

I suppose people wanting more in depth and specific diets and athletes would use nutritionists. Seems like kind of a waste of money to me for a doctor to tell me what to eat and to exercise. Maybe thats just me.

Well, basically my wife and I discovered that we were living a lifestyle that had us consuming much less than what was required in terms of a daily caloric intake. We started paying more attention to what we were eating, how much, etc and found that it seemed like 'too much' to eat. The weird thing was that we both started losing weight (esp body fat).

So... yeah, it wasn't exactly straight forward for us.

So now that I vaugely know how much I need to eat, I'd like to verify that this is correct from someone who is trained in the matter. I'd also like to know what sort of breakdown between carbs, fats and proteins I need to get my calories from to help achieve my goals.

So basically I am trying to lose body fat and gain lean muscle weight. How much do I need to be eating everyday? How will this change as my weight changes? What % comes from fat, carbs, proteins? How much more do I have to eat while on a weight lifting regiment? Will the foods I need to eat be different?

As you can see, I have a lot of questions, and there is only so much self research I can do before I prefer consulting someone who does it for a living.